The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Inverting his stick and pushing the puck with the tip of the blade, he came in on Tuukka Rask. When he approached the crease, he did a spin-o-rama and only a recovery to the right post by Rask kept Daugavins from scoring.

It made the 11 o’clock news, but only as a sideshow, a novelty act from a player no one knew anything about.

Daugavins has a chance to make a name for himself in the Stanley Cup Final with the Bruins.

Picked up on waivers shortly after the circus shootout attempt, Daugavins joined the Bruins in early April and played in six mostly undistinguished regular-season games. But when Gregory Campbell broke his leg last week, Daugavins was the first call from coach Claude Julien.

He played in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals and will once again be slotted in Wednesday for Game 1 of the Cup Final in Chicago.

“It’s awesome. First time for me (in the Final) in my career,” Daugavins said. “It’s exciting and I have to take advantage of it.”

Daugavins had fallen out of the rotation in Ottawa. At the time he was waived March 26, he’d played in just 19 of 33 games and was mainly being used in a penalty-killing role.

“Not to plug in a role player, and not that he won’t have a role in Boston, but it’ll be as (a two-way player),” agent Jay Grossman said Chiarelli told him and Daugavins when the Bruins claimed the 25-year-old. “He was a goal-scorer in the AHL and with the Canadian junior teams.”

Playing on the third line, Daugavins created two dynamite scoring chances in the clincher against the Penguins. The ‘Daug Man’ will get his chance to continue to show he belongs in the NHL.

“Obviously I was lucky to get out of there and get to a great organization,” Daugavins said. “I wasn’t thinking this far. I was just thinking to get some ice time and play and prove I can be in this league. It’s picked up in the playoffs, so it’s awesome.